“If it was just a matter of following advancements in technology, things would be coming out a lot quicker,” he continued.

In other words, Nintendo is planning to work a major new innovation into its next games console, the likes of which we haven’t yet seen from the more generically specced PS4 and Xbox One.

The implementation of this big feature could explain why, according to some analysts, the Nintendo NX may even miss its March 2017 launch window. Some feel that Nintendo would have shown off its NX hardware by now if it was still on target.

Back in February, Nintendo confirmed that it was looking into VR. More recently, however, Nintendo of America’s Reggie Fils-Amie appeared to pour cold water on the VR idea, saying that the technology “needs to be mainstream” before the company will consider a second stab at it. It has been burned by VR before with 1995’s ill-fated Virtual Boy.

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